Utah Scoreboards: Baseball, Basketball and Football Split 35 Records at 12, 11 and 10

If you run athletics in Utah, the useful question is not how many scoreboards shipped to the state. It is which sport your next purchase serves. Our sales and shipping record for Utah answers part of that. The research section below walks through these findings. Before you read it, write down the sport your next scoreboard serves and the distance to your farthest seat.

The record counts what Electro-Mech sold and shipped, one row per organization, model and city. It does not show what is standing today. Read it as a list of what Utah buyers ordered, not as a census of fields and gyms.

Rules shape the rest. Utah gyms now count team fouls by quarter under the NFHS basketball rules, and they run a shot clock. Baseball fields face a different question: digit height against the distance to your farthest seat.

What does Electro-Mech's sales and shipping record show for Utah?

Our data shows 35 records across 25 cities and towns in Utah, running from 2000 to 2024, which places Utah forty-first of fifty states by units shipped.

Read the record in three steps before drawing any conclusion from it:

1. Count by sport first, because the sport split is the clearest pattern in the Utah record.
2. Check which models appear, counted by each model's LX equivalent.
3. Remember what a record is: one row per organization, model and city, covering what was sold and shipped, not what is standing today.

Our review of the Utah sales and shipping record, as of its 2026-09-14 snapshot, gives the sport counts below. Every figure is copied from the record as published on the Utah state page of our site, so you can check each one.

Three sports sit almost level. Baseball, basketball and football each hold between 10 and 12 records. Hockey and soccer appear once each. Ask which of these rows your own program belongs to before you compare models.

The record says what shipped, not why. It does not say which field or gym a scoreboard went to, and it does not name the buyer. Where you want detail on a sport's layouts, the Electro-Mech baseball scoreboards page lists the outdoor models in full. On the basketball side, the LX2655 model page calls that layout our most popular model for basketball, and the next section shows where it ranks in Utah.

Utah's own public sports records work on a different scale. The Deseret News tracks Utah high school football single-season records in 13 categories, from rushing touchdowns to kicking PATs. Those pages count what players did on the field. Our record counts the scoreboards that shipped to the state.

To check a row yourself, open the Utah state page and read the records listed under each city. Then ask the Electro-Mech team any question the page leaves open.

Which Electro-Mech models ship most often to Utah?

The LX7520 leads with 5 records, the LX2655 follows with 3, and the LX1030, LX1050 and LX1060 hold 2 each, out of 19 distinct models in the Utah record.

Models are counted by their LX equivalent. The variants of one model, such as an older numbered version and its LX form, count as that one model. No model other than the LX7520 passes 3 records.

Start with the LX7520 spec sheet if you run football practice. Our data, from the LX7520 spec sheet, describes a 40 lb aluminum display with 11-inch digits, an internally mounted horn and a draw of 0.5 amps at 120 VAC. An optional "T-Cart" leg kit puts it on wheels, and the model page says it can double as a Play Clock during games. A practice segment timer is both a console operating mode and a separate display. The console mode alone shows nothing, so the LX7520 is the display that makes the mode visible on the practice field.

The LX2655 is the gym model in the top five. Its spec sheet sets Guest Points, Home Points and the Period Clock at 12 inches, with all other digits at 9 inches, and lists Bonus and Possession indicators. Removable caption plates relabel the lower half for volleyball or wrestling. The standard LX2655 draws 1.5 amps; the LX2655-ETN with Electronic Team Names draws 2.2 amps. The Electro-Mech basketball scoreboards page shows its indoor variations.

The Bonus indicator matters more under current rules. NFHS Rule 4-8-1, since the 2023-24 season, awards two free throws once the opponent commits five fouls in a quarter, and team fouls reset each quarter.

For Utah buyers, the model list points two ways. The research section below walks through these findings. Before you compare models, ask the Electro-Mech team for the spec sheet of each one on your shortlist.

How can you check what an LX2655 shows before you order one?

Start with the LX2655 spec sheet and model page. Together they list every digit, indicator, caption and port, so you can match the display to your gym's sports before requesting a quote.

The LX2655 is the indoor model that appears most often in our Utah sales and shipping record. Our data, from the LX2655 spec sheet, lists the features worth checking against your own gym:

• Reversible caption plates along the bottom, so the lower half of the display can be labeled for volleyball or wrestling.
• A data output port on the cabinet that supports daisy chaining additional displays.
• A goal light output port for optional LED backboard goal light kits.
• A full-sized control console with an LCD display and fifty programmable brightness levels.
• A center-hung, four-sided configuration for gyms that need the score visible from every side.

Control is the next decision. The spec sheet offers up to 1,000 feet of data cable for a hardwired installation or the ScoreLink Wireless RF modem system. Most customers choose wireless ScoreLink RF.

Rules belong in the same check. NFHS basketball now counts team fouls by quarter. When you request a quote, ask the Electro-Mech team to confirm how the console you order handles the Bonus indicators under that count.

Can one multi-sport scoreboard serve both baseball and football?

Sometimes, but only within the feature set of a layout built for it. A football scoreboard and a baseball scoreboard track different things, so a shared display trades some of each.

The question comes up naturally in Utah, where baseball and football both hold a large share of the record. Before you plan one display for two fields, work through three questions:

1. Which items must each sport show: inning, ball, strike and out for baseball, or down, distance and quarter for football?
2. Can each football item be relabeled to a baseball item on the same digits, or does it have no baseball counterpart?
3. Will both sports use the same field, so that one display is actually visible from both?

Electro-Mech's own documents show how a shared layout is described. The LX6630 model page calls it the smallest scoreboard we make for permanent outdoor installation with a 4-digit Period Clock. It was designed primarily for soccer, yet the page says it can pull duty for football, basketball, lacrosse or even baseball. Its spec sheet lists a 10 ft x 3 ft cabinet with 11-inch digits. That layout shows period, points and time, not inning, ball, strike or out.

An older example shows the relabeling approach. The legacy MM-136 manual describes a softball and football scoreboard that displays HOME and VISITOR scores, INNINGS, TIME, BALLS, STRIKES and OUTS. When used for football, TO GO replaces INNING, DOWN replaces BALL, and QTR. replaces STRIKE. You can read that layout and others on the Electro-Mech scoreboard manuals page.

Neither of those two models is among the five the Utah record names most often. The Utah record's leading outdoor game models are single-sport baseball layouts.

Relabeling has limits. Some football items have no sensible baseball match. Whether a specific combination works on a given layout is a question for the Electro-Mech service team before you order.

The practical answer is to list what each sport must show first. A shared display only makes sense when that list fits one layout.

Sport and venue:      baseball field, football field or gym
Farthest seat:        measured distance to the scoreboard
Basketball fouls:     counted by quarter under the current NFHS rule
Multi-sport use:      list every sport the one scoreboard must show
Control:              wireless or hardwired

Send these five lines before you ask for a quote. One scoreboard covers two sports only within the feature set of its layout. Confirm that point with our service team before you order.

What does Utah's 35-second high school shot clock mean for gym scoreboard equipment?

Utah high school gyms have run a 35-second shot clock in every classification since the 2022-23 season, so planning gym equipment now means planning for shot clock displays as well.

The decision moved quickly. In early January 2022, the Park Record reported that a UHSAA survey drew responses from 90 schools, and 77% of them wanted a shot clock. The same report described a recent Utah state championship semifinal in which one team stalled for 11 minutes of the first half. Stalling of that kind was the problem the clock was meant to end.

On Jan. 20, 2022, the Utah High School Activities Association voted to add the clock to boys and girls basketball in all classifications, beginning with the 2022-23 season, as The Spectrum reported that day. The UHSAA release said the length of the clock, its placement and other logistics would follow the guidelines of the NFHS Basketball Rules Committee. The vote settled the length. The national guidelines settle the rest.

Three practical points follow for a Utah gym:

• Placement follows NFHS guidelines. Confirm where the clocks will mount against those guidelines before you order, not after.
• Shot clocks are accessory displays, normally sold in pairs. They sit alongside the main gym scoreboard rather than inside it, so plan the pair as its own line on the order.
• Someone has to run them. In 2022, schools that opposed the change named cost as their No. 1 reason, and reporting at the time noted that a game-night operator is an added need on top of the equipment.

The per-quarter team foul count covered earlier is a second recent rule the gym display has to keep up with. Both rules ask more of the display and of the person at the console. Neither one changes what the main scoreboard is for: keeping accurate time and score for players and officials first.

Our review of the Utah sales and shipping record puts basketball almost level with baseball, but the record does not say which Utah gyms added shot clocks after the 2022 vote. If your gym still needs a pair, ask for a quote that covers the clocks together with your basketball scoreboard.

How do you choose the right size baseball scoreboard for a Utah field?

Start from your farthest seat. The LX1050 suits a field viewed from less than 250 feet, while the LX1030 and LX1060 carry larger digits for longer viewing distances.

Our data, from the LX1050 spec sheet, describes a 6 ft x 3 ft cabinet with 15-inch digits. The model page adds one condition: because its captions are short, we recommend it only where the viewing distance will be less than 250 feet. Each model's figures belong to that model alone, so the table keeps them apart.

Our review of the LX1030 model page places it between the LX1050 and LX1060 in size and calls it "just right" for little leagues and high schools. Its digits show Runs and Inning, with indicators for Ball, Strike and Out, and a simplified 15-key console comes standard. The LX1060 keeps the same digit height in a larger cabinet with taller captions.

Distance is the deciding figure. Electro-Mech recommends 25 feet of viewing distance per inch of digit height, half the 50 feet per inch the sign industry allows, because a scoreboard also carries captions your crowd has to read. Measure from the scoreboard to your farthest seat, then compare that distance with each model's digit height.

A larger digit always costs more. The real mistake is buying a scoreboard too small for the venue to save on the order.

Pitch counts sit outside the sizing question. Since 2016, NFHS Rule 6-2-6 has required each state association to set its own pitching restriction policy based on pitches thrown in a game, with rest periods between appearances. Your scorekeeper follows the Utah policy whichever cabinet you choose. I would settle the field distance first and the layout second.

What should a Utah program take from this record before ordering?

Use the record to build a shortlist of models, then check each one against your own venue before you order. The research section above walks through these findings.

Our review of the Utah record keeps baseball, basketball and football at 12, 11 and 10, close enough that the sport you serve decides the model. A gym answers to per-quarter team fouls and a shot clock. A football program weighs a practice display alongside its game scoreboard. A baseball field answers to the distance to its farthest seat.

Rules outside the high school game matter too. Little League publishes pitch-count limits by league age, with days-of-rest thresholds for each division. Those limits apply to Little League programs, so if your field hosts Little League games, ask your league how its scorekeepers record pitch counts.

I would bring three things to a quote request: the sport, the measured distance and the rules your league plays under.